1080p RGB recording

[Dominic Jones]

Question for the Red Team:

If recording in 1080p RGB mode (which will have some advantages for freelance HD work, notably deliverable content straight from the drives + 60fps w/ 35mm characteristics recordable to RedDRIVE (presumably, as REDCODE is supported at this rate?)), I presume that you will have to load the preferred LUT into the camera, and the recorded RGB files will feature this LUT "locked into" the footage - i.e. it will not be changeable after the fact as with RAW recording.

How easy/hard will it be to alter LUT details in the field, and what tools will be provided/necessary to do this? Or, will I have to have set the LUT(s) that I need in testing before-hand?

[Dominic Jones]

Oh yes, on another 1080 related note, you state that RedCINE will output to "any professional codec on your system" - I presume that we means we can output to Avid's DNxHD format (assuming you're running Avid) - is that so? Is the DNxHD codec open to system use or somehow embedded in the Avid program, does anyone know?

[GlennChan]

Assuming that Redcine supports Directshow or Quicktime codecs (which seems to be the plan), I would expect that DNxHD is open source. Avid is also somewhat open about DNxHD source code.

[Dominic Jones]

Thanks Glenn - yes, just did a little research and in fact the DNxHD codec family is available from the Avid website as a free download, so that looks like good news...

[Lucas Wilson]

Thanks Glenn - yes, just did a little research and in fact the DNxHD codec family is available from the Avid website as a free download, so that looks like good news...

Read a little closer...

The DNxHD codec is available as a free download, but read the license agreement. It is for individual use only - anything corporate requires a bit more.

Lucas Wilson
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
Los Angeles

[Dominic Jones]

Well, we'll have an Avid license if we end up deciding to cut in DNxHD, so that shouldn't be a problem - more an issue of being able to obtain the codec in a form that RedCINE can use.

But thanks for the heads-up Lucas...